THE ROCKIES

SUNDAY

We awoke at 5:30 again, ate our continental breakfast(coffee & bagel) and were back on the road by 6:30. A few hours into driving we spotted them. After a small eternity of nothing but squared off farm land we were now approaching the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. At first they appeared as if clouds, though as each hour passed they slowly came into view in their full glory. We drove through Denver, Colorado and turned North on 25. Before long we were already in Wyoming. Turned West on 80 and set up camp in the Medicine Bow Natural Forest. We found a nice spot surrounded by boulders at the head of a path that led to the rock face across the small valley from us. The rocks were tough yet the shape was reminiscent of Arizona yet with more pines. We took the path and proceeded to scramble up and around the first 50ft. of boulders. There was this cove about 40ft. up that had a crack that seeped a freezing breeze. Jeremy took advantage of the "air conditioning" to cool down. At this point we would need ropes to get any higher. So we returned to our site and jumped on our bikes for a sunset ride. Dinner was tostadas next to the fire and bed followed shortly after.